Julio Jiménez

Julio Jiménez Muñoz (28 October 1934 to 8 June 2022) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist from Ávila, known as a climbing specialist. His father was an ambulance driver during the Spanish Civil War and later a chauffeur for an army general, who gave him his first bike. After winning a stage of the 1960 Volta a Catalunya as an amateur he earned a professional contract. He won the King of the Mountains title six times at Grand Tours and five Tour de France stages, among them stage 20 of 1964, the famous climb of the Puy-de-Dôme in the duel between Anquetil and Poulidor. He won the Tour mountains classification in 1965, 1966 and 1967, finished second overall in 1967, and wore the leader's jersey at the 1964 Vuelta and at the 1966 and 1968 Giro d'Italia. After retiring in 1969 he ran a nightclub and restaurant in Ávila.